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HR 248 110th Congress House

Robo Calls Off Phones (Robo COP) Act

Official title: To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.

Introduced: April 30, 2008 Introduced by: Foxx, Virginia Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedureCampaign fundsCommerceConsumer protection
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DirectoriesFederal Trade CommissionFund raisingGovernment Operations and PoliticsIndependent regulatory commissionsLawPolitical advertisingTelemarketingTelephone
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jan 5, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 5, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 2, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Robo COP Act: Robo Calls Off Phones - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), notwithstanding any other provision of law, to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.

Defines politically-oriented recorded message telephone call.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4298 Related bill To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the do-not-call registry to prohibit politic…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Apr 30, 2008
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Feb 6, 2008
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 15, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 248: Robo Calls Off Phones (Robo COP) Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-248/
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"H.R. 248: Robo Calls Off Phones (Robo COP) Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-248/.
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H.R. 248, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-248/.
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